The last change in the short interest score occurred more than 1 month ago and implies that there has been little change in sentiment among investors who seek to profit from falling equity prices. Index (PMI) data, output in the Consumer Services sector is rising.

Global music streaming provider Spotify is set to launch its services in South Africa on Tuesday, marking its entry into Africa, where there is a rapid uptake of smartphones and improving telecommunications infrastructure. The Swedish company, launched in 2008 and available in more than 60 countries, is the biggest music streaming company in the world and counts services from Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google Play as its main rivals. The South Africa launch comes as Spotify prepares for a direct listing for its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, which will let investors and employees sell shares without the company raising new capital or hiring Wall Street banks to underwrite the issue.

Some of the best spring skiing in the country will be at Breckenridge, Colorado which has launched a host of festivities known as Spring Fever. The mountain will remain open for skiing and snowboarding until April 22, which makes Breckenridge one of the last major resorts to close for the season.

On a per-share basis, the Broomfield, Colorado-based company said it had profit of $5.67. Earnings, adjusted for pretax gains, were $4.12 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average ...

Six additional ski resorts in Canada have joined Vail Resorts Inc.'s Epic Pass, which goes on sale today along with rival Alterra Mountain's Ikon Pass. Broomfield-based Vail Resorts (MTN) said Fernie Alpine Resort, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort and Kimberley Alpine Resort in British Columbia, Nakiska in Alberta, and Mont Sainte Anne and Stoneham in Quebec — known as the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies — have joined the Epic Pass program.

Ndumiso Madlala, head of the Soweto Gold Brewery, says he is banking on new South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to kick-start the economy and help his business grow. Madlala places much of the blame on the administration of Jacob Zuma, who reluctantly resigned as president last week after a nine-year tenure plagued by corruption allegations and economic stagnation.

South African stocks index rose as much as 5 percent on Thursday, putting the main index on track for its biggest one-day gain in more than three years, on hopes the resignation of Jacob Zuma as president paves the way for new leaders to quicken the pace of economic growth. Zuma quit late on Wednesday, reluctantly heeding orders by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to bring an end to a nine-year tenure punctuated by scandals, stagnant economic growth and policy uncertainty.

After weeks of tortuous discussions to convince scandal-plagued Jacob Zuma to step down as head of state, South Africa's great negotiator, Cyril Ramaphosa, has fulfilled his long-held ambition to lead the country. Deputy president since 2014, Ramaphosa has been the country's dominant politician since he replaced Zuma as leader of the ruling African National Congress in December.